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Oral history interview with Robert Emmett McDonald, 1983 May 4.

McDonald discusses the early years of Remington Rand in the computer business, including the management of Engineering Research Associates and Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (acquisitions of Remington Rand), the rivalry between the two, their competition for funds, and their relations to the parent company. Other topics include: the departure of ERA personnel to form Control Data Corporation; successful products; the financial structure of Sperry Rand; collaboration with Bell Laboratories, Western Electric, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on defense projects; Sperry's role in the 1969 IBM antitrust case; and UNIVAC's involvement in the international market.Read more...

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McDonald discusses the early years of Remington Rand in the computer business, including the management of Engineering Research Associates and Eckert-Mauchly Computer Corporation (acquisitions of Remington Rand), the rivalry between the two, their competition for funds, and their relations to the parent company. Other topics include: the departure of ERA personnel to form Control Data Corporation; successful products; the financial structure of Sperry Rand; collaboration with Bell Laboratories, Western Electric, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on defense projects; Sperry's role in the 1969 IBM antitrust case; and UNIVAC's involvement in the international market.